Tuesday, December 22, 2015

WAIT!! IT'S BEEN HOW LONG?

I just this minute saw that I haven't written since the end of OCTOBER for crying out loud!! I've never let this amount of time go by and I can't apologize enough…I've even lost a couple followers because of it…so sorry.Well, Xmas is in a couple of days and guess what….I still don't have time to talk to you right now….I've been ill and my energy is so low that going through the time it takes me to share with you is too daunting at the moment…but maybe I'll just tease you with a couple of photos from my big 60th Birthday/Xmas party almost two weeks ago. My actual birthday is Xmas day, but who can party then? So I do promise to take better care in the coming year…you have my word on it! I have loads to share and exciting new ideas and plans coming up for the new year…so please, don't lose hope in me…I'm heading back to my jolly, artistic self and can't wait to keep up with everyone.HAVE THE BEST OF HOLIDAYS AND AN IMAGINATIVE AND EXCITING NEW YEAR!!and ps. yes, we have THREE Xmas trees in the living room…(I'll share the den one next week when I really catch up). And yes we had a Christmas Choir, and yes I wore my wedding dress (squished in and bursting out the top, it's been a "hefty" couple of months, ha ha) and yes, I wore a Star studded glittery crown!!

JUST A FEW WORDS ABOUT ME...

I live with my husband, and best friend, Ray..along with our dogs, cats, chickens, ducks, and a couple sheep on the horizon (possibly a goose or two as well), in Santa Cruz Ca. Our three adult children (and mates), live respectively in LA, San Francisco, and Santa Cruz.

I work our small farm, Turkey Hollow, that, besides the robust tomato concentration and tea garden, includes an orchard, dahlias, roses and my newest addition of a massive bearded iris garden, I'm obsessed with iris' now. I'm best known for my black and white contemporary paintings of Rock Legends, however, most of my days lately are spent between the farm and writing.

My life has always been about painting, it's in my blood. The art of black and white is something that takes me to another place...to simply sit down at a canvas with just black and white and create a dimensional, emotional image, is mind boggling even to me...and I do it! Writing...now that's something else…that's my passion. It feeds my soul like nothing has ever done before. I will do this for the rest of my life.

At present I am immersed in finishing up my first series of YA Fantasy/adventure novels called, the Benjamin McTish Series (you can read all about it by clicking the link in the sidebar). I've already got my next novel in mind and can't wait to begin. I've opened up my Book Blog to include other Authors of YA Fantasy for interviews, guest posts and spotlights…I'm all about promoting Magic around here…please visit Thornton Berry Shire Press, Home of the Benjamin McTish Series, and enjoy meeting some really talented people.